Jafar Panahi
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Born into a working-class Azerbaijani family in Mianeh, Iran, he spent his youth filming with an 8 mm camera, served as a cinematographer during the Iran-Iraq war, and later earned a degree in filmmaking at Tehran’s College of Cinema and TV, where he assisted Abbas Kiarostami. His first feature, The White Balloon, captured the Caméra d’Or at Cannes, launching a career that would see him join a sel…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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